1604 Applicant, Oath or Declaration [R-11.2013]
37 CFR 1.162 Applicant, oath or declaration.
[Editor Note: Applicable only to patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) or 363 on or after September 16, 2012.]
The inventor named for a plant patent application must be the person who has invented or discovered and asexually reproduced the new and distinct variety of plant for which a patent is sought. The inventor's oath or declaration, in addition to the averments required by § 1.63 or § 1.64, must state that the inventor has asexually reproduced the plant. Where the plant is a newly found plant, the inventor's oath or declaration must also state that it was found in a cultivated area.
37 CFR 1.162 (pre-AIA). Applicant, oath or declaration.
[Editor Note: Not applicable to patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) or 363 on or after September 16, 2012.]
The applicant for a plant patent must be the person who has invented or discovered and asexually reproduced the new and distinct variety of plant for which a patent is sought (or as provided in §§ 1.42, 1.43 and 1.47). The oath or declaration required of the applicant, in addition to the averments required by § 1.63, must state that he or she has asexually reproduced the plant. Where the plant is a newly found plant, the oath or declaration must also state that it was found in a cultivated area.
The inventor's oath or declaration, in addition to the averments required by 37 CFR 1.63 or 37 CFR 1.64, (or, for applications filed before September 16, 2012, pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.63) must state that the inventor has asexually reproduced the plant. Where the plant is a newly found plant, the inventor's oath or declaration must also state that it was found in a cultivated area.
A Plant Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 161) Declaration, Form PTO/AIA/09, may be used to submit a declaration in a plant application filed on or after September 16, 2012.
In an application for a plant patent, there can be joint inventors. See Ex parte Kluis, 70 USPQ 165 (Bd. App. 1945).
